Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported

[Zind <wzmindlog@gmail.com>]

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On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Stroller
<stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>wrote:

> If I'm understanding correctly, that it's the LiveCD that can't connect to
> the network (rather than the installed system)
>

Yes.


>
> Two alternatives that spring to mind are:
>
> 1. Many USB network adaptors are supported by LiveCDs, try one of those.
> Some wired USB ethernet are available new for as little as $10 or so, or
> you could probably find a secondhand wifi 802.11b or g adaptor that cheap.
> Or borrow one, or something.
>

Use an external network adapter, uh... I never thought of that.
AFAIK, many USB netwok adapters won't work correctly with Linux.
Previously, I bought a Mercury MW300U USB network adapter, unfortunately,
it doesn't work properly with Ubuntu 12.04. Then, that USB network adapter
was left in the corner of my room. :-(
So I didn't expect the USB netwok adapter to work with the LiveCD.


>
> 2. For each emerge command in the installation guide, run `emerge -fp
> package-name` first, and redirect the output into a textfile. Then copy
> this textfile onto a USB key, take it to another machine with working
> internet access, use `wget -i file` to download the packages and then
> transfer them back to the machine on which you're installing Gentoo.
>

IIRC, the LiveUSB is a read-only file system. So, I'm afraid that I could
not redirect the required package information to a text file.

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